As for the newspapers, they just wanted to get Shawn Sr home and they did not have the intention of sticking around and investigating at that point since they had no leads to go on in Ireland as to where to look for answers.

This is where Jack & Jen would've actually been useful.

I hope Sami doesn't marry EJ to end the feud. If that's the case I'll always wonder why the hell Stefano didn't approach her a few years back when she wasn't all "I'm a Brady" every 5 minutes.